Matt Pearson

OPEN - BREAK - TEST - CHANGE - FIX - MAKE...better!
Learn to reduce, reuse, repair, reinvent, remake at the Makers' Lab!

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@Rainmaker1973 Drone strike survivor.

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Whittling student makes a gift for dad. @ Marin Country Day School https://t.co/7H4bz2bbIO

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Tinkering is back and in full swing in the Makers’ Lab! Jewelry making and whittling! @ Marin Country Day School https://t.co/h2t7iJIJ69

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...I am diving in with open arms and have no idea where this will lead. Let the new educator be born and let us all embrace our coming evolution. Our youth cannot live on one hour of Zoom a day and our teachers will die slowly in a classroom with face masks.

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...this is the test for the ages. How do we rise as educators above this Covid nightmare and bring the next generation of education? How do we allow a diverse student population to intermingle in the messiness of contemporary challenge? This is our evolution.

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...in talking with @tamishawilliams
I considered the complexity of jumping into a realm with a lack of diversity. A world shallow and with no opportunity to test a young mind with a world's problems. Then, I realized, this is the test of our young...

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What does an educator do when they are approached by their neighborhood to educate their neighborhood? They listen. They consider that challenge brings opportunity. They also consider what an education would be missing...

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See this Instagram photo by @mcdsmakerslab https://t.co/cLYS1vYVhA

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Great chat with Harrison Watkins of #campsupernow as we prepare to launch Virtual WonderLab. Harrison is an MCDS alum and is bringing creative fun to students from 5-10 years old all summer long! https://t.co/ZrFtHIrvoP

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How many MCDS 8th graders this year? Good guess!! Something special this way comes as I prep 81 small kits for each of them. Shhhh, don’t tell ‘em. @ Marin Country Day School https://t.co/j95cxKDE9w

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Making 30 Face Shields for SF General and UCSF to evaluate. My household helper preps plastic. @ Marin Country Day School https://t.co/6uTaHWLB1Z

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Full video at https://t.co/h9LB1OhHj5 under Covid-19. Successful test prototype of a face shield for UCSF. @ Marin Country Day School https://t.co/ItUoJjryGJ

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The in-between conundrum. Between shooting videos for seesaw, mcds, the new https://t.co/h9LB1OhHj5 website for Tinkering, we accidentally bought an 18 pound ham for Easter. For five of us. In fairness, it was the last… https://t.co/BQL0dwrz0S

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Face shield plastic three days early! The MCDS Makers’ Lab is going into face shield production! Working with @UCSF to get them a prototype face shield so I can get some feedback loops going on a film only shield.… https://t.co/dzWHOOeq0u

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STEAMy! High frequency words aka Makers’ Lab style. Hammers, nails, two kinds of wood, cool safety glasses and hair do-das! Yes. Hair do-das, you know, so long hair stays out of the way. @ Marin Country Day School https://t.co/wHMOeWLHbp

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Kindergarten team learning a new tool in the Makers’ Lab! On the way to 7,680 wood bricks for one of their lessons. No need for Pilates on this day...unless we switch to the Laser cutter...that is a whole new ball… https://t.co/fIhzhXfs9b

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Learning is messy. Many first times in the Makers’ Lab. @ Marin Country Day School https://t.co/3XrhEGnyCd

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True or False? You can mix, bake, frost and eat an Inclusivicake in the Makers’ Lab in under 16 minutes...with first graders! @ Marin Country Day School https://t.co/l3FRtUKepO

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The STEAM roller project 2020! A collaboration between Art and the Makers’ Lab, each design team creates a themed rubber band car which applies a printed graphic as it moves. Performance art, print art, simple… https://t.co/4pf6UeFflU

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The Inclusivitree has sprouted leaves! Each leaf decorated by students with the reverse having an action to take to help build a more inclusive community. The leaves are held in place by friction and can be engaged… https://t.co/BXGhSqeQwy